In his spirited playing, Nduduzo Makhathini combines ritual music with jazz and gospel in the tradition of South African jazz legends such as Bheki Mseleku, Moses Molelekwa and Abdullah Ibrahim. And probably no one has internalized the spirit of the legendary pianist McCoy Tyner as much as he has. With the spectacular music of the South African, the cultural heritage of an entire continent suddenly comes into focus. Anyone who experiences this exceptional pianist live will inevitably be drawn into a maelstrom of spiritual messages. Like a high priest, Nduduzo Makhathini celebrates his concerts with unimagined intensity. When he invokes the tradition of the ancestors, his music, which is completely turned towards the present, resembles the revival of ancient rituals. It will be interesting to see how Nduduzo Makhathini manages to transfer the enormous complexity of his record productions to the comparatively small format of a jazz trio.

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